Evaluation of a pedagogical proposal in teaching Medicine

https://doi.org/10.18294/sc.2012.157

Published 4 August 2012 Open Access


Médico. Doctorando en Ciencias de la Salud, Gestión y Políticas Públicas. Profesor, Departamento de Salud Pública, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), México. , Médico. Magíster en Salud Pública. Profesor Adjunto de Salud Individual y Colectiva, Departamento de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Nacional del Sur, Argentina. , Licenciada en Sociología. Magíster en Antropología Social. Auxiliar docente, Cátedra de Antropología Cultural y Social, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina.



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Medical Schools, Professional Practice, Social Conditions, Argentina

Abstract


In this article we discuss the role that medical schools play in the creation of a particular profile of health professionals. To this end, we analyze the impact of two field experiences carried out in 2006 and 2009 with students in the Epidemiology course of the Faculty of Medical Sciences in the Universidad Nacional de La Plata (in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina). Using individual semistructured questionnaires applied to students as well as focus group strategies, the study sought to obtain information about the ideas and representations of the students before and after these educational experiences. The ability of students to reconsider the explicative models of the health-disease-care process and the weight of social problems in the phenomena of sickness and health is highlighted as one of the study’s primary results.